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The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is an Indonesian non-profit non-governmental organization founded by Dr. Willie Smits in 1991 and dedicated to the conservation of the endangered Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and its habitat through the involvement of local people.
A number of orangutan rescue and rehabilitation projects operate in Borneo. The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) founded by Willie Smits has rescue and rehabilitation centres at Wanariset and Samboja Lestari in East Kalimantan and Nyaru Menteng, in Central Kalimantan founded and managed by Lone Drøscher Nielsen. BOS also works to ...
International Animal Rescue (IAR) is a British wildlife protection and conservation non-profit organization. [1] IAR aims to protect and mitigate the threats to wildlife and habitats. The IAR performs hands-on rescue when necessary to reduce the suffering of animals, and such animals will be rehabilitated and returned to the wild if possible.
Yellow-vented bulbul, one of the 137 species of birds now found at Samboja Lestari. Samboja Lestari is a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) rescue and rehabilitation centre, tropical rainforest restoration project, sun bear sanctuary, and eco-lodge [1] located in the district of Samboja in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, [2] owned and operated by the Borneo Orangutan ...
In 2006 Drøscher Nielsen published From Forest Kindergarten to Freedom with Pia Lykke Bertelsen in English, German and Danish. [13] The book is a photographic story that follows two baby orangutans, Emma and Emil, growing up in the rehabilitation centre and eventually being released into the wild, with photos by Humphrey Watchman, Steve Leonard, Sam Gracey, Lone Drøscher Nielsen and Danielle ...
A baby gorilla wearing a tiny T-shirt was discovered inside a small wooden crate at the Istanbul Airport before being subsequently rescued. Customs enforcement teams flagged down a cargo shipment ...
The International Primate Protection League (IPPL) is a not-for-profit animal welfare organization founded in 1973 in Thailand by Shirley McGreal. [1] IPPL's main focus is to promote the conservation and protection around the world of all non-human primates (NHP), including apes, monkeys, and lemurs. Coordinating an international network of ...
A pizza restaurant in England is letting customers know exactly where they stand when it comes to the pizza-on-pineapple debate. Lupa Pizza in Norfolk is charging £100 ($122) for their Hawaiian ...